Pavement Ants

As their name suggests, pavement ants usually make their homes under sidewalks and driveways, building slabs and large rocks. In early spring, colonies attempt to conquer new areas and often attack nearby enemy colonies. These result in huge sidewalk battles – very cool to watch if you are 5 or 6 years old!

During the summer time the pavement ants dig out the sand in between the pavements to vent the nests and to make room to lay eggs.

As noted in the picture above, the winged reproductives are several times larger than the worker ants. Swarming pavement ant reproductives are often mistaken for the more destructive carpenter ant. On the west coast, pavement ant swarms generally occur between the beginning of June and mid-July.

Winged reproductive ants typically swarm in the spring but have been known to emerge any time of the year in heated structures. After emergence, the ants mate and the queens burrow into the soil to begin laying more eggs.

Moisture Ants

Habitat

Moisture ants like the damp and will usually nest in rotting wood. Moisture ants love sweets and will often come into homes to feed on any sugar left unprotected.

Because they inhabit wood, they can cause decay in a persons home as their tunneling will weaken a homes structure.

Diet

Moisture ants feed on dead and live insects and plant sap.

Reproduction

Ant colonies are started from a single pregnant female (queen) and can grow up to several thousand individuals over time. During the summer and fall, reproductive ants (males and queens) are produced by the colony and it is at this time that you will see the ants swarming for about 2 to 7 days.

Winged Ants

“We’ve got the ants with the wings!!”

A common misconception about ants is that winged ants are a species separate from all other ants. Every type of ant has reproductive swarmers (or winged ants) in it’s colony and every ant colony “swarms” once a year. Winged ants can be carpenter ants, pavement ants, moisture ants, cornfield ants etc.

An ant swarm is a collection of the reproductive males and females only (reproductives are the only ants with wings in a colony). After mating, the males drop dead and the females fly on to try and establish new colonies the following year.

Cockroaches

In addition to restaurants and other food establishments, cockroaches can be found in residential homes and even businesses without stored food products.

The German cockroach is most prevalent in the Lower Mainland. They can be found in kitchens, pantry closets, bathrooms and appliances.

Excellent sanitation is a very important part of eliminating them from any home or establishment. In addition to our treatment programs, we will provide specific recommendations that will help you eliminate the cockroaches from your home or facility.

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